project · 2004
Breakbeatcity was a Berlin drum & bass party series run by a core crew of Bassdee, Bleed, M.Path.iq, Wan.2 and Felix K, in association with the Hidden Hawaii imprint. Active through the first half of the 2000s under the slogan 'different drum & bass definitions', it centred on a monthly night at the 12/34 club — each edition pairing the residents with a guest label or crew such as Mangofunk, Offline Records, Interference, Aquasonix, Hospital Records and Soul:R — ran the weekly Breakbeat Bastards Wednesdays at Bastard, and brought international guests (Commix, Breakage, Kasra, Paradox, Danny Byrd, Rohan) to larger venues such as Maria am Ostbahnhof. Nights were hosted by MC Mace with visuals by VJ Traumatiefe and Inri-TV. The residents: Wan.2 — DJ and producer who, from the early to the late 2000s, co-organised the Breakbeatcity and Hidden Hawaii parties and later cut the 'Antitheorie' EP with Felix K. Bleed (Sascha Kösch) — DJ and editor-in-chief of the Berlin electronic-culture magazine De:Bug (1997–2014), who also ran the drum & bass label Case Invaders together with Bassdee. M.Path.iq — Berlin drum & bass DJ tied to the de:bug, Newforms and Breakbeatcity circles. Bassdee — Breakbeatcity and Hidden Hawaii resident, and Felix K's partner on the 'Veteranenstraße' EP.